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Northumberland
County, Virginia Will of Thomas Keene - In the name of God amen know all men that I Thomas Keene being fresh of memory doeth as followeth ffirst I bequeath my spirits to God that gave it after my body to the earth and then as followeth I give and bequeath to my sone Thomas one Cowe named Cole next to my Daughter Susanna one Heifer called by the name of Su next I give my sone William one heifer named Gentle next I give my sone Matthew the next Cowe Calfe that falleth of the old Cowes....
Know all men that I doe give to my wife Mary Keene for the bringing up of my children all my moveable goods and hogs and cattle by what I have given to my children and the remainder of my Toboc. when my debts is paid top my wife. Also I give this land and plantacon to my wife during her life after her decease I give said land to my sone Tho: and his heirs forever. Overseers of estate Hen. Mosely John Stanley Thomas Orlye Matthew Rhodon. Witness my hand and seal this 27th of Novem: 1652.
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